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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-'Shee't 1. J. W. ORPHY. LANTERN.

No. 456,962. Patented Aug. 4, 1891.

(No Model.)

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. J. W. ORPHY.

LANTERN.

Patented Aug. 4, 1891;

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE. 7

JOHN 1V. ORPHY, CF ROCHESTER, NEI" YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE C. T. HAMMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

LANTERN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 456,962, dated August4, 1891.

Serial No. 383,751. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN. W. ORPHY, of Rochester, in the countyoffMonroeand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Lanterns; and-I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming-a part of this specification, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon.

My present invention has for its objects to improve the construction andoperation more particularly of the globe-holding devices of lanterns,whereby the globe will beheld and protected and access permitted to theburner, and while especially adapted for use in tubular lanterns theimprovements could as well be applied to other kinds; and to this endconsist in certain novelties of construction and combinations of parts,all as will be hereinafter fully described, and the novel featurespointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of a lantern provided with myinvention; Fig. 2, a side view, with one of the tubes broken away andthe globe shown tilted in dotted lines; Fig. 3,a perspective view of thegloberetaining frame detached, and Fig. 4 a view of a detail.

Similarfigures of reference in the several figures denote similar parts.

The base or oil-pot 1, side tubes'2, and central tube and bell 3 are ofthe usual or any preferred construction,'a-nd constitute what I shallhereinafter term the frame of the lantern, and the burner-cone 5 isalsoof the usual construction, and therefore these parts need no furtherdescription.

6 indicates the globe-supporting plate, perforated as usual, andprovided on the under side with a loop 7 adapted to be engaged by a wirestaple or loop 8 formed of wire and rigidly secured to the oil-pot orbase. Upon the upper edges of the plate 6 are fastened two spring-guardwires 9 9, having the upwardlyprojecting portions at the sides and thenare extended around the globe 15. Connected to the central portions ofsaid guards are the upwardlyextendin g wires 10, connected at the framefrom the open side of loop 11, the lat- 6o ter being sprung upward toengage and disengage the hook 12, as will be understood. In order thatthe lifting of the loop 11 may be more readily accomplished and also toprovide a co-operating portion for a securingcatch for the globe-holder,I form the loops 14 on wires 10 near their upper portions, as shown.

The plate 6, guards, and retaining devices constitute theglobe-holdingfraine, which may be tilted, as in dotted lines, Fig. 2, topermit access to the burner when desired.

In order to secure the globe and its holding-frame in vertical position,I provide upon the lower side of the bell 3asemicircular wire rest- 16,formed of a single piece of springy wire adapted to abut against theglobe below the bead and form a loop 17 on its rear side, with which theloop 1& on the globe-holding frame co-operates, constituting aspring-catch that holds the parts from accidental movement, though theglobe and its holding-frame can be readily moved on the hinge into andout of the lantern-frame and secured by the catch without the necessityof the operators taking one hand to engage or disengage the catch.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination, with thelantern-frame,

of the globe-support, the semicircular springguards secured thereto, thevertical wires attached to the guards connected at the top independentof the lantern-frame and engaging the top of the globe, substantially asdescribed. 9 5

2. The combination, with thelantern-frame, of the globe-support havingthe spring-guards, the vertical wires secured to the guards andconnected at the top by the semicircular loop having the hook,substantially as described.

This guard and 55 3. Thecombinatiomwiththelantern-frame, of theglobe-support having a guard and the connected vertical wires, one ofthe latter having the projection near the upper portion and the elasticdepending rest engaging the upper end of the globe co-operatingwith theprojection on the vertical wire, substantially as described.

4;. The combination, with the lantern-frame, of the globe-support hingedto the base, the guard, the vertical wires connected by the semicircularloop provided with the hook, said wires having the loops near the upperportions for disengagingthe hook from the globe, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, with the tubular lantern-frame having the bell, ofthe hinged globe-support having the guard, the vertical Wiressecuredrigidlythereto co-operating with the top of the globe andconstitutinga globeframe independent of the bell, the dependingvertically-elastic globe-rest forming an abutment for the globe nearitsupper portion and co-operating with the globe-frame to secure the latterin vertical position, substantially as described.

6. The combination of the lantern-frame,

the globe support, the semicircular spring= guards secured thereto, thevertical wires at= tached to the guards and connected at the top by thesemicircular loop engaging the top of the globe, substantially asdescribed.

7. Thecombination,with thelantern-frame, of a globe-frame mountedthereon embodying a globe-plate, guard, and vertical wire con- -nectedto the top of the globe, and the semi JOHN- W. oRPHY;

\Vitnesses:

J AS. BARNES, ARTHUR T. LUDLAM.

